KALABURAGI, December 10, 2014
Updated: December 10, 2014 18:03 IST
Reimbursement-based subsidy for LPG cylinders from
Jan 1
T. V. SIVANANDAN
The Union Government has fixed the deadline for LPG cylinder consumers to avail the Reimbursement-based subsidy (RBS) was December 31 with a grace period for another three months till the end of March 2015 for those who failed to registered their LPG ID numbers provided to them under the PAHAL (DBTL) scheme.
Deputy Commissioner Vipul Bansal who briefed the presspersons about the procedures followed in registering for the LPG ID numbers for availing the RBS in Kalaburagi on Wednesday said that from January 1, 2015 the shift to the new regime of RBS would take place throughout the country and those who have registered their LPG ID numbers under the scheme would get the reimbursement of the subsidy directly to their bank accounts.
Mr. Bansal said that the LPG consumers who have not registered their ID numbers with the dealers under the DBTL scheme either with their Aadhaar Numbers or the Bank Account numbers would not be eligible to get the subsidy from April 1, 2015 but would be given another opportunity to register their names till June 31.
During the period from April to June 2015, the subsidy due to the unregistered consumers would be carried forward and paid in bulk once the registration process is completed.
Mr. Bansal said that from July 1, 2015 the subsidy for the LPG cylinders would be extended only to those who have registered their names under the DBTL and unregistered consumers would loose the opportunity for claiming the subsidy.
He clarified that the Aadhaar Number is not compulsory for availing the benefit or registering the LPG ID and consumers can fill the necessary forms with their bank account numbers for availing the subsidy.
To a question, Mr. Bansal said that under a new system introduced by the Union government to ensure that there was no delay in the payment of subsidies to the bank accounts of the consumers, an advance revolving amount of Rs. 568 would be deposited in the accounts of the registered consumers once in two months, which would be adjusted towards the subsidy amount.
Mr. Bansal said in Kalaburagi, as against the total LPG consumers of 1.71 lakhs, only 62,000 consumers have registered their LPG ID for claiming the subsidy and almost all these registration were done before March 2014 and only a few have registered their LPG IDs now after the recast of the scheme making Aadhaar numbers not compulsory for claiming the benefits. He appealed to all the consumers to register their LPG IDs which have been already provided to them immediately to get the benefits of subsidy directly to their bank accounts.